Telegram-herald., 1887-06-29
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Eiens lfs4aen1y keaEd a. Ebs kszeess ln Ia
stesss. II ths hossls snd wasssssF sseessss
aass yesterday. snd fas msster 1t wstei sap
ply sas ats a. anssrbAHE tesae 81 eS9nsrsa.
lieD. TIE dass s2s sssEsblg Htasay lag -
bath business sD4 Fssleszet slfesss &ss =
made IL ssy inte Fssias.aees. otiess aee
fnalss sho wefs at.lged a. $50
los tue dllst q elose fias aoeEs 1aa saset
nom TIE heSf sbiC8 Nas tNosi oppressive.
Everybody suffered sna the stsA ita
kl<r wss aBaninousif szPFtssec. a aft*s
thFeuEn the re<lneat f1Efion 81 fsls <asx 0te-
eioseaa : asps0rekte state 81 atz,rN. A-asns
were psfched anil trosn, nssDg of thefa
whseh wsre fresh and gseen sesk 40.
locked ~ i . afs hsd ssept ever thsssA. as.d
ho4ses. Fences. slsaflis. no~<fs ana ssiSss
trees sere covered nith dust Nearly srefS-
BODY cursed ths Boafa ef fuhlic Works fof
its mastery inactivity, aad wondered
9hy tie Board di4 n0t naks AZ 9flelnpt 80
relieve the distress ~ puMIdas water ieta-
poFafliy frota the river. Ia fsf nearly
everybody pss dry and "hot. sId
sfnoag those wA0 suffered most aud
we're loudesl ln their isneatstssns
were many 'preminena and Influential
eiuzens whc base opposed every schesne
ever proposed % increAss the elty : wafer
supply.
Among those who we're cool and not IA
clined 70 90rry over the faattef vas i l..
Qaimby, Eho rss tonnd % = reporter aud
ssked 10 give bis opinion GA the sstaason.
he said We'll. ! think the Board ought
10 take water from the river, bat / confess
don't know i1kf bow il would be hes 20 DO
Il. understand there w0ald * some dlff-
Guilty about pumping FROM The rser with
the city pumps. Ii seems the settling basin
is fifteen feet higher than the
pumps while the river is eight fsst lower
than the pumps. Whegher the pumps
would draw water from the river aud fofoe
II into the mains j. d9abifuL ] don't
think IL would be dililcult % iaske the nee.
essary connections. th0ugh IL would tate
some little time. The pipe should be ran
out frofn tAs puIaplng works - point
near the middle OF the fiyer where 8 set
tling basin would have 10 be constructed,
because there Is not water enough there
now 20 cover the pipe sufficiently. / think
the whole change could be made for Eve or
six thousand dollars and u ought 70 re
done. l am satisfied thst the water in the
river now Is better than that ia Reeds
Lake. The sewage and fiith which comes
into the river above the pump house comes
down near the tanks and does not affect
the water in the middle ~ the stream
enough to amount 20 anything"
james \. Davis. q member of the Bosrd
OF the Board 0l Public Works, was met ~
the reporter aud when told that he safer
| ing people would like 10 .now Why the
Board did not make a move 20 take wafer
| from the river he said. Il kuow H. They
ask why We don't tap the river. bit tlsey
don't stop TO consider bow Il j. 10 be done.
| We can't pump from the river by s.msty
| laying pipe out into the stream 50 manv
suppose. The pump house was placed near
| the river ia order that the change from
| the creeks 10 the river might be made In
case the supply failed. but the change can
| not be made temporarily wlthoai great er-
pense Ion sec the pumps are force
| pumps not calculated 90 draw water from 3
lower level. To draw water from tbe river
they would have b De changed 10 suction
| pumpe. and We would probably have .
make new cylinders. The engines slso
| would have 10 be changed somewhat. To
supply the pumps i would be Necessary 70
| lay a twenty or twenty -f0or.ineh pipe into
| the river. and 81 the water is not desp
enoUgh TO cover il trench voHld
have u be made through the lime
| stone rock Taen . crib or settling basin
! outer end Of the pipe. The only. feasible
| way 10 take temporary sapply from the
| river Is 10 pump into the mains vita al
I, engine powerful enough - draw wslsr
| nom the river and force IL into the mains
against a pressure offrom seventy 20 seventy
| five pounds 10 the square inch. Ii il were
Lot for NTs. Amsdsn's i'junctioD We could
| get sufficient supply rom Fisk's lake At
a tfifing expense. By digging a few rods
-. IA A.
| the LAKES 60 supply all demands. bat Mrs.
| Amsien owns the land at The outlet end
abe objects We have oiIere1 10 boy ths
right to dig the ditch and take water from
| the lake bit she refuses 70 consider tbs mai
ter. she says That money is no otieci "a
| her IN this c4se. that she w3nts 20 sell hef
pry psTty and thinks that TO lower the water
| would make il nnsaiE5le 0f course she
oves-estimsfes the dsmage which her prop.
srty would suffer but Il = Of no uss - talk
| 20 her
A visit TO the pump honfs found tias
| engines idle. The pGmre were sssrfe3 a.
| ociock Monday afternoon and they ueEe
| worked until $50 yesterday morning uhen
| The supply wss exhausted. There Nas fi1fu
| nea5iT seventeen fees of watsr ia ths ressr.
| voif and work wss suspended astl 5
| o'clock yestersiay afternoon vhen lie
| pnfnps we're started sa3 ii was thoachf ne
| setting basin w0ald net be emptfe8 untli
| OF clock this morning.
TIE wstsr IN the river opposite fbe pump
! honse Vas found a. Nj 9aifabg ssia. only
| about foot deep os8t 70 = point Bsar ~
| Hiddis of the stream Coms1ock booBls
| are fbil of logs and The wster s8aspe siseia
| is quite stsEnant and filthy. tie eflrfeE
| within the boom being feo sluggish n
carry away the filih vhfch COMES FROM tie
| Ileonard-st. sever aod he ssg-n.isls and
| factories farther ~ TIE liver.
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